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Greek media workers on 24-hour strike over health care fundhttps://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/5541090-greek-media-workers-24-hour-strike-health-care-fun.html
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is under a news blackout after the country's biggest press union called a 24-hour strike to protest the feared closure of a special health care fund for media employees. No news programs are being broadcast Tuesday and websites aren't renewing their news content, while newspapers won't be published Wednesday.
...Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:47:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/5541090-greek-media-workers-24-hour-strike-health-care-fun.html2017-09-26T08:47:00ZTurkish court frees 1 journalist from prison, orders 4 heldhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5540100-turkish-court-frees-1-journalist-prison-orders-4-h.html
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says a court in Istanbul has ordered a columnist for Turkey's main opposition newspaper released from prison pending the conclusion of his trial. Anadolu Agency reported that the court released Cumhuriyet columnist Kadri Gursel from pre-trial detention on Monday.
Anadolu says the court rule...Mon, 25 Sep 2017 20:43:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5540100-turkish-court-frees-1-journalist-prison-orders-4-h.html2017-09-25T20:43:00ZAccused leaker asking again for pre-trial release from jailhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/us/5539232-accused-leaker-pre-trial-release-jail.html
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for a woman accused of leaking a classified U.S. report want a judge to free her from jail pending trial, arguing prosecutors have added no new charges months after they warned the woman may have stolen additional secrets.
Reality Winner, a former Air Force linguist with a top secret security clearance, worked as a governmen...Mon, 25 Sep 2017 17:44:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/us/5539232-accused-leaker-pre-trial-release-jail.html2017-09-25T17:44:00ZYemen rebels pardon journalist after death sentencehttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5535610-yemen-rebels-pardon-journalist-death-sentence.html
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni Shiite rebel officials say a prominent journalist who was sentenced to death over accusations of collaborating with a Saudi-led coalition battling the group has been pardoned.
Officials said on Saturday that the pardon of journalist Yehia al-Gebeihy, jailed since September 2016, was ordered the day before and his release will be...Sat, 23 Sep 2017 17:06:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5535610-yemen-rebels-pardon-journalist-death-sentence.html2017-09-23T17:06:00ZThe Sun rises in new play about Murdoch's tabloid revolutionhttps://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/5535236-sun-rises-play-murdochs-tabloid-revolution.html
LONDON (AP) — Rupert Murdoch has power, wealth — and legions of detractors, who say the media mogul's tabloids and TV stations have fueled crass celebrity culture, phone hacking and fake news. A new play in London explores the roots of his success and his divisiveness. "Ink" shows how Murdoch revolutionized British journalism at the end of the 1960s, turning the failing Sun ...Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:38:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/5535236-sun-rises-play-murdochs-tabloid-revolution.html2017-09-23T14:38:00ZSyrian activist, journalist daughter found dead in Turkeyhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5532514-syrian-activist-journalist-daughter-dead-turkey.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Syrian activist and her U.S-born journalist daughter have been killed in their home in Istanbul, relatives and Turkish media said Friday — the latest victims of attacks targeting Syrian activists in Turkey.
The bodies of 60-year-old Orouba Barakat, from Idlib in northern Syria, and her only daughter, 23-year-old Halla Barakat, were...Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:54:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5532514-syrian-activist-journalist-daughter-dead-turkey.html2017-09-22T17:54:00ZPuigdemont an unknown entity in Spain until secession drivehttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5530716-puigdemont-unknown-entity-spain-until-secession-dr.html
MADRID (AP) — Carles Puigdemont, the bespectacled politician heading the Catalan regional government's drive for secession from Spain, was an unknown entity for most Spaniards until a year ago. Now, as he pledges to hold an Oct. 1 referendum deemed illegal by Spain, he's a household name across the country, and probably not a popular one.
Puigdemont is a ...Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:16:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5530716-puigdemont-unknown-entity-spain-until-secession-dr.html2017-09-21T14:16:00ZGerman officials see no sign of election hacking _ yethttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5528084-german-officials-sign-election-hacking-_-yet.html
BERLIN (AP) — German officials say there's no sign of concerted cyberattacks aimed at influencing the outcome of the country's upcoming election, but warned Wednesday against giving the all-clear yet.
Security officials have warned over the past year that the Russian government in particular might attempt to destabilize Germany by promoting extremist part...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:14:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5528084-german-officials-sign-election-hacking-_-yet.html2017-09-20T18:14:00ZPelosi Blasts GOP Health Care Repeal Efforthttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5528482-pelosi-blasts-gop-health-care-repeal-effort.html
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi blasted the latest Republican effort to undo the Affordable Care Act, calling it a "stinkeroo" of a bill. She spoke...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 17:27:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5528482-pelosi-blasts-gop-health-care-repeal-effort.html2017-09-20T17:27:00ZTurkish minister confirms agents' captured by Kurdish rebelshttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5527170-turkish-minister-confirms-agents-captured-kurdish.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has confirmed media reports that two Turkish intelligence officials have been captured by Kurdish rebels in neighboring northern Iraq. Cavusoglu's comments, in an interview with Al-Monitor news website on Monday, were the first confirmation by a Turkish official of Kurdish and other media reports that two Nation...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 07:24:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5527170-turkish-minister-confirms-agents-captured-kurdish.html2017-09-20T07:24:00ZAPNewsBreak: US report says Egypt falls short on rightshttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5526722-apnewsbreak-us-report-egypt-falls-short-rights.html
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Egypt is failing to protect free speech and its minorities, investigate abuses by its forces or grant U.S. monitors access to the conflict-ridden Sinai Peninsula, according to a damning Trump administration report obtained by The Associated Press.
The U.S. grievances, detailed in a State Department memorandum to Congress, are likely ...Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:15:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5526722-apnewsbreak-us-report-egypt-falls-short-rights.html2017-09-20T00:15:00ZShowBiz Minute: Emmys, Lady Gaga, US Box Officehttps://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/5522904-showbiz-minute-emmys-lady-gaga-us-box-office.html
"The Handmaid's Tale" and "SNL" big Emmy winners; Lady Gaga postpones European leg of world tour; "It" stomps "mother!" with $60M in its second week in...Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:45:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/5522904-showbiz-minute-emmys-lady-gaga-us-box-office.html2017-09-18T13:45:00ZTurkey: Ex-newspaper managers, columnists go on trialhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5522510-turkey-ex-newspaper-managers-columnists-trial.html
ISTANBUL (AP) — Former managers and columnists of a newspaper in Turkey linked to a U.S.-based cleric have gone on trial, accused of supporting last year's failed coup. The 31 ex-employees of the Zaman newspaper are charged with "membership in an armed terror organization" and "attempting to overthrow" the government, parliament and the constitutional order for links to cler...Mon, 18 Sep 2017 10:15:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5522510-turkey-ex-newspaper-managers-columnists-trial.html2017-09-18T10:15:00ZFrench journalist back home after being detained in Turkeyhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5520248-french-journalist-detained-turkey.html
ROISSY-EN-FRANCE, France (AP) — A French journalist who was detained for 51 days in Turkey on charges of aiding a terror group has returned to France, saying his sudden release came as a surprise. Loup Bureau, a 27 year-old freelance journalist, was arrested in southeastern Turkey on July 26 while reporting on Kurds living near the Iraqi border.
...Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:17:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5520248-french-journalist-detained-turkey.html2017-09-17T11:17:00ZTurkey releases French journalist detained on terror chargeshttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5517178-turkey-releases-french-journalist-detained-terror.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities have released a French freelance journalist who was detained on charges of aiding a terror group, Turkey's state-run news agency reported. Loup Bureau was freed Friday, a day after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other leaders in Ankara.
...Fri, 15 Sep 2017 16:36:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5517178-turkey-releases-french-journalist-detained-terror.html2017-09-15T16:36:00ZFrench minister advocates for jailed journalist in Turkeyhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5514996-french-minister-advocates-jailed-journalist-turkey.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — France's foreign minister called on Turkey's government Thursday to respect European Union values and to work to improve its strained relations with Germany and other EU nations.
Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said at a news conference with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara that France does not want to see a "rupture" in Turkey'...Thu, 14 Sep 2017 20:32:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5514996-french-minister-advocates-jailed-journalist-turkey.html2017-09-14T20:32:00ZKosovo police raid office of Serbia Red Cross branchhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5514454-kosovo-police-raid-office-serbia-red-cross-branch.html
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo police raided the offices of Serbia's Red Cross, questioning some employees and confiscating documents suspected of being used to conduct an illegal census of Serbs in Kosovo.
Online news site indeksonline said police officers were attacked by about 60 people during the raid in northern Mitrovica late Wednesday and three wer...Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:48:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5514454-kosovo-police-raid-office-serbia-red-cross-branch.html2017-09-14T16:48:00ZCritics want Poland's defense minister suspended over tieshttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5511104-critics-want-polands-defense-minister-suspended-ti.html
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's main opposition party on Wednesday called for the suspension of Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz over allegations he has secret ties with Russian military intelligence and mafia.
Bozena Kaminska of the Civic Platform party told The Associated Press that party lawmakers are "highly concerned" over media allegations, recent...Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:08:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5511104-critics-want-polands-defense-minister-suspended-ti.html2017-09-13T16:08:00ZTurkish leader says deposit made on Russian defense systemhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5508740-turkish-leader-deposit-russian-defense-system.html
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish newspaper is quoting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying that both Ankara and Moscow are committed to Turkey's purchase of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia.
Hurriyet newspaper quoted Erdogan on Tuesday as telling a group of reporters that signatures have been put on accords and that Turkey has made a down paym...Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:11:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5508740-turkish-leader-deposit-russian-defense-system.html2017-09-12T17:11:00ZRights group: Turkey newspaper trial a 'mockery of justice'https://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5504724-rights-group-turkey-newspaper-trial-mockery-justic.html
ISTANBUL (AP) — A media advocacy group on Monday accused Turkey's president of trying to silence the country's main opposition newspaper and the free press generally, as the second hearing in the trial of staff members of the paper began Monday.
Christophe Deloire, the secretary general of Reporters Without Borders, called the case against Turkey's pro-se...Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:50:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5504724-rights-group-turkey-newspaper-trial-mockery-justic.html2017-09-11T14:50:00ZProminent journalist flees Russia after arson attack on carhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5504784-prominent-journalist-flees-russia-arson-attack-car.html
MOSCOW (AP) — A prominent journalist says she has fled Russia following a suspected arson attack on her car. Yulia Latynina, a radio host and a columnist with the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, said that she fled Russia and is "unlikely to return any time soon." She didn't say where she went.
One of the most scathing critics of the Kremlin, L...Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:04:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5504784-prominent-journalist-flees-russia-arson-attack-car.html2017-09-11T09:04:00ZSymposium to honor journalist who saved artists from Nazishttps://www.mail.com/int/news/us/5498872-symposium-to-honor-journalist-who-saved-artists-na.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Authors and art experts will participate in a sold-out weekend symposium commemorating a little-known New York City journalist credited with saving scores of writers and artists from the Nazis during World War II.
The New York Times says (http://nyti.ms/2wN4VvP ) Varian Fry was 32 when he volunteered to go to France in August 1940 to help ...Fri, 08 Sep 2017 15:21:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/us/5498872-symposium-to-honor-journalist-who-saved-artists-na.html2017-09-08T15:21:00ZTrump tweets reassurance about DACA at Pelosi's urginghttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5495946-trump-tweets-reassurance-daca-pelosis-urging.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi urged President Donald Trump Thursday to tweet reassurances to the immigrants who benefit from a program his administration is ending. And the president obliged, in the latest instance of Trump doing the bidding of leaders of the opposition.
The president tweeted, "For all of those (DACA) that are conce...Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:42:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5495946-trump-tweets-reassurance-daca-pelosis-urging.html2017-09-07T17:42:00ZIsrael PM bars Al-Jazeera journalist from free press seminarhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5495442-israel-pm-bars-al-jazeera-journalist-free-press-se.html
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has personally intervened to bar an Al-Jazeera journalist from a government conference on press freedoms that uses the pan-Arab broadcaster as a case study.
Bureau chief Walid Omary's exclusion from attending a seminar titled "Limits of free expression: the dilemma between national security and fr...Thu, 07 Sep 2017 09:19:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5495442-israel-pm-bars-al-jazeera-journalist-free-press-se.html2017-09-07T09:19:00ZIndian journalist's killing provokes outrage, anguishhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5492844-indian-journalists-killing-provokes-outrage-anguis.html
NEW DELHI (AP) — The killing of an Indian journalist provoked outrage and anguish across the country on Wednesday, with thousands protesting what they saw as an effort to silence a critic of India's ruling Hindu nationalist party.
Even as police promise to hunt down the assailants who gunned down Gauri Lankesh outside her Bangalore home Tuesday night, man...Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:25:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5492844-indian-journalists-killing-provokes-outrage-anguis.html2017-09-06T18:25:00ZIndian journalist gunned down outside her homehttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5492234-indian-journalist-gunned.html
BANGALORE, India (AP) — An Indian journalist was fatally shot outside her home the southern city of Bangalore, the latest in a string of deadly attacks targeting journalists or outspoken critics of religious superstition and extreme Hindu politics.
The assailants fled on a motorcycle after spraying bullets at Gauri Lankesh on Tuesday night as she was leav...Wed, 06 Sep 2017 09:24:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5492234-indian-journalist-gunned.html2017-09-06T09:24:00ZInventor kept in custody over journalist's deathhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5490662-inventor-custody-journalists-death.html
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Danish judge has extended the detention of Peter Madsen, the inventor suspected in the death of a Swedish woman aboard his home-made submarine. In the first public hearing since Madsen was arrested on Aug. 11, the 46-year-old claimed freelance journalist Kim Wall died after she was accidentally hit by a hatch in the submarine's tower, and denied ...Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:19:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5490662-inventor-custody-journalists-death.html2017-09-05T17:19:00ZFrench journalists in court accused of defaming Azerbaijanhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5490190-french-journalists-court-accused-defaming-azerbaij.html
PARIS (AP) — Two French journalists accused by Azerbaijan's government of defamation for calling the country a "dictatorship" appeared for a hearing at a French court Tuesday, in an unusual case that activists call an effort to export censorship.
The case appears to be the first time a foreign government is pursuing journalists for defamation through a Fr...Tue, 05 Sep 2017 15:55:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5490190-french-journalists-court-accused-defaming-azerbaij.html2017-09-05T15:55:00ZCambodia paper is latest victim of intensifying crackdownhttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5488070-cambodia-paper-latest-victim-intensifying-crackdow.html
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — When Cambodia's main opposition leader was arrested over the weekend in a surprise police raid, one of the country's last independent media outlets rushed reporters out in the middle of night to cover the story, just as it has done for nearly a quarter century.
But the English-language Cambodia's Daily's reportage about the arr...Mon, 04 Sep 2017 15:09:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/world/5488070-cambodia-paper-latest-victim-intensifying-crackdow.html2017-09-04T15:09:00ZSweden, Denmark say Russian fake news a threathttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5480158-sweden-denmark-russian-fake-news-threat.html
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The defense ministers of Sweden and Denmark say they would boost their military cooperation to counter the threat of Russian military buildup, cyberattacks and false news. Peter Hultqvist and Claus Hjort Frederiksen said in a joint statement titled "Russian fake news: A danger to our countries" that misinformation from Russia made their nations "increasingly...Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:54:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/5480158-sweden-denmark-russian-fake-news-threat.html2017-08-31T09:54:00Z